🚀 Expert-led #VentureCapital learning starts here. 🌏 Making the ecosystem globally accessible. 🤝 @LBS x @LocalGlobeVC x @HSBCInnovation
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Stealth Mode 🥷
When a startup builds quietly, without revealing its product, customers or even its name. The reveal usually lands with a funding announcement.
Going quiet buys you time, but what you build with it decides whether anyone cares when you step out. ✅
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That's Careers Month 2026, done. Four Thursdays, eleven seasoned voices, one message: many tasks are being automated, but judgement, relationships and staying power can't.
Thank you to everyone who shared so generously. The next edition is already calling.
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We've covered breaking in, moving roles and moving up. The finale covers staying.
"Playing the Long Game: Building a sustainable career in venture", Thursday 1pm UK. Don't leave it late.
Alumni and learners: details in your inbox and on the learning platform.
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Up Round 📈
A funding round priced at a higher valuation than the last one. New investors pay more per share, and existing stakes get marked up. The opposite of a down round.
An up round prices in momentum, but the company still has to deliver it. ✅
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Unicorn 🦄
A private startup valued at $1bn or more. Around 39 existed when the term was coined in 2013. @dealroomco now tracks 3,942 worldwide.
It's a paper valuation, not money in the bank. A milestone, not an outcome. ✅
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Secondaries 🔄
Selling shares you already own in a private company to a new buyer. The company gets nothing. You get the cash.
A way for early investors, founders and staff to turn paper gains into real money before an exit. ✅
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Pro Rata 📊
Latin for "in proportion." An investor's right, not obligation, to join a startup's future rounds and keep their ownership from shrinking.
New rounds issue new shares. Use your pro rata right and you invest just enough to hold your stake. ✅
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Capital moves through the global venture ecosystem every quarter. Most people watch from the outside.
Newton Fundamentals Cohort 12 is for those who want to better understand. 8 weeks, virtual, open to anyone worldwide.
Round 1 closes 12 June.
Apply: bit.ly/4tJCfOf
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No finance background. No tech experience. No problem.
Newton Fundamentals gives you the fundamentals to move confidently in VC.
Applications for Cohort 12 are open now 👇
bit.ly/4tJCfOf
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2,500+ people work across all UK venture capital firms.
The companies they back employ 378,000.
That is a 151 to 1 ratio.
The room is very small. The footprint is not.
Newton Fundamentals: 8 weeks to learn how that room works. Round 1 closes 12 June 👉 bit.ly/3Wp50AY
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NVP12 applications are open.
8 weeks. Wednesday evenings. The full VC deal lifecycle, taught by the world-class academics and top-decile practitioners.
Round 1 closes 12 June. Limited spots.
Apply👉: bit.ly/4tJCfOf
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Saying goodbye is never easy! 💛
Six months of analytical rigour, fresh thinking, and great energy. Yente Meijer, you made your mark on the Newton team and we're better for it. 🙌
Wishing you every success in your next chapter.🚀
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The news is out…
💥We are delighted to welcome Anu Adebajo to the team as our new CEO.
Bringing over 14 years’ experience deploying capital on behalf of @atomicoventures, British Patient Capital and @BritishBBank.
🔗 Learn more here: newtonprogram.vc/blog/newton…
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9 months with world class academics, top-decile practitioners, coaches, and peers.
Newton Fellows evolve and emerge as the leaders the venture ecosystem needs. 🚀
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🚀 Module 3 LIVE in London! Newton Fellowship (NVPxLBS05) blending world-class thinking with top-tier expertise.
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Professor Florin shares on the Newton Fellowship
Venture capital is a people’s business. The Newton Fellowship combines world-class learning + real-world VC connections with LPs, GPs, & peers.
Next cohort applications open.
Learn more: newtonprogram.vc/fellowship
#NewtonFellowship
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💼 Thinking about a career move into venture capital?
Most advice available are for grads. But what if you’ve already built a career elsewhere?
Our Interim MD, Shayan shares how mid-career professionals can break in.
Read 👉: efinancialcareers.com/news/g…
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Expert-led VC education → paired with Dealroom.
All Newton live program learners get access to @dealroomco, 120M+ data points.
Real-world investing. Data-driven insights. Global impact.
🔗 newtonprogram.vc
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What’s on your shelf right now?
Reading expands the mind, sharpens judgement, and strengthens conviction.
Share your current read with us, in the comments.
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🚨 Applications closing soon!
We're hiring a Program & Community Manager to join our mission.
📍 London | Hybrid
🔗 Apply: newtonprogram.vc/careers-at-…
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